The first picture resembles planes in the form of a McDonalds' logo heading toward the twin towers that were once in New York until 9/11. Most people have moved on and tried to forget the tragic event of 9/11. However, this artist not only reminds his audience of the visual picture from that day, he writes the words "EAT THIS" he puts it in all capital letters. By putting "EAT THIS" in caps the artist shows that he wants to direct his audiences' attention to the whole art piece, not just the picture. he two words. This artist is straight forward in this art piece and draws something everyone almost internationally recognizes, the McDonalds icon and contrasting it what most are also familiar with, 9/11. By carefully analyzing this piece, I feel that this artist's target audience are the people who have tried to forget or haven't put much thought into that tragic day. The message I received from this art piece was that 9/11 was a hard situation swallow/take in.
The second art piece resembles a homless man that would usually hold up a sign saying, "I'm homeless, please give any spare change," however this sign is different it reads, "KEEP YOUR COINS I WANT CHANGE." I think the artist wants his audience to mainly analyze the words of his graffiti and not the picture. In particular this artist plays with the word "change". The artist's target audience is probably the government that don't help the people that have nothing and are on the street. By this man holding up a sign sitting down bundled in jackets one can assume that he would be begging for money, but he is actually begging for something greater than money, change in the world. He is not just begging for himself, he is begging for everyone that wants change in the government. Perceptions of this art work can be changed by anyone because it doesn't say exactly who the audience is or what is exactly meant by "change".
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